BBC News : London bombers 'were all British'
I somehow doubt that Al-Qaeda was directly involved in this attack, as it looks like the work of amateurs who didn't really know where and why they attacking London.
The terrorists seem to have made the bombs by themselves with the help of an expert from outside. The fact that one of the bomb exploded near East Aldgate station, at the heart of the (Muslim) Bangladeshi district, shows that they didn't even know London well. Being from Leeds and probably from poor and uneducated immigrant families, they may never have lived or even stayed in London before.
They seem to have arrived by train to King's Cross Station then taken 3 different trains from there (the 3 lines meeting at King's Cross) and set the timer to explode just a few minutes from leaving King's Cross. This, IMO, shows that they were in a hurry not be to found and didn't mind where the bombs went off as long as it killed people.
Al-Qaeda would probably not have waited 4 years after 9/11 (or 3 years after the invasion of Iraq) to attack. I also beilieve that they would have rather attacked the US than the UK, mostly because 2 million people marched in the streets of London in protest against the invasion of Iraq. This was one of the world's biggest demonstration ever, and Londoners did it to oppose their leaders to invade a distant Muslim and Arabic country they have no reason to feel sympathetic about. Never has any Muslim country organised such large-scale demonstration to protest against the US invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan or whatever other reason. This makes Londoners the champions of the cause of Middle-Eastern countries, even more than the invaded people themselves. Therefore I seriously doubt that anybody understanding that would want to attack London.
IMO, those 4 British Pakistani came from deprived and uneducated families and didn't even understand what the G8 summit that day was about. Not globalisation or discussing the next invasion of developing countries, but on the contrary, helping poor countries by cancelling their debt, fighting the AIDS pandemic and finding a solution to global warming. Only people very ignorant of the world's affairs could have perpetrated these attacks. It doesn't sound like Al-Qaeda to me. Just wanna-be jihad heroes who couldn't adapt to life in Britain as South Asians in a industrial city hit by high unemployment and racial tensions (=> see Bradford riots in 2001 involving Pakistani in Leeds' twin city).
BBC said:Detectives now believe the London bombings were carried out by four British-born men in what were possibly the country's first suicide attacks.
Security sources said it was likely at least three of the men, said to be of Pakistani descent, are dead, after belongings were found at the scenes.
The details emerged as explosives were found in Leeds and Luton after a series of raids. One man has been arrested.
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The security correspondent said the suspected bombers - one of whom is thought to have been as young as 19 - may have been helped by someone who would have left the country before the bombs went off.
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On Monday night, police had viewed CCTV footage of four suspects together at London King's Cross last Thursday.
They all had rucksacks and were seen just 20 minutes before the three Tube bombs started going off at 0851 BST. A bus bomb went off in Tavistock Square at 0947 BST.
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I somehow doubt that Al-Qaeda was directly involved in this attack, as it looks like the work of amateurs who didn't really know where and why they attacking London.
The terrorists seem to have made the bombs by themselves with the help of an expert from outside. The fact that one of the bomb exploded near East Aldgate station, at the heart of the (Muslim) Bangladeshi district, shows that they didn't even know London well. Being from Leeds and probably from poor and uneducated immigrant families, they may never have lived or even stayed in London before.
They seem to have arrived by train to King's Cross Station then taken 3 different trains from there (the 3 lines meeting at King's Cross) and set the timer to explode just a few minutes from leaving King's Cross. This, IMO, shows that they were in a hurry not be to found and didn't mind where the bombs went off as long as it killed people.
Al-Qaeda would probably not have waited 4 years after 9/11 (or 3 years after the invasion of Iraq) to attack. I also beilieve that they would have rather attacked the US than the UK, mostly because 2 million people marched in the streets of London in protest against the invasion of Iraq. This was one of the world's biggest demonstration ever, and Londoners did it to oppose their leaders to invade a distant Muslim and Arabic country they have no reason to feel sympathetic about. Never has any Muslim country organised such large-scale demonstration to protest against the US invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan or whatever other reason. This makes Londoners the champions of the cause of Middle-Eastern countries, even more than the invaded people themselves. Therefore I seriously doubt that anybody understanding that would want to attack London.
IMO, those 4 British Pakistani came from deprived and uneducated families and didn't even understand what the G8 summit that day was about. Not globalisation or discussing the next invasion of developing countries, but on the contrary, helping poor countries by cancelling their debt, fighting the AIDS pandemic and finding a solution to global warming. Only people very ignorant of the world's affairs could have perpetrated these attacks. It doesn't sound like Al-Qaeda to me. Just wanna-be jihad heroes who couldn't adapt to life in Britain as South Asians in a industrial city hit by high unemployment and racial tensions (=> see Bradford riots in 2001 involving Pakistani in Leeds' twin city).